Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) should be digging into the congressional budget to see if there is any money left over from former President Donald Trump’s southern border wall project. Whatever remains should be used to encase Mar-a-Lago in a mile-high wall of structural integrity not seen since the Ming Dynasty.

Republicans’ disappointing performance in Tuesday’s midterm elections proves Trump is an anchor on the party. For whatever reason, voters who are dissatisfied with the Democratic Party and inclined to vote for the GOP will not do so as long as it’s still taking marching orders from Trump.

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